St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-04
The FIRST BLOW
An Attempt Made to Kill
Chief Justice Waite at
Washington.
He Is Sent an Internal Ma
chine, Which Fails to
Explode.
Joe Howard Discusses the
Situation Now Existing
at Chicago.
The Peculiar Position in
Which the Governor Is
Now Placed.
The Powers Which Lie With
Him for Exercise Of
Clemency.
Parsons Meets an Old Texas
Friend and Talks Rather
Volubly,
Meanwhile His Wife Creates a
Sensation by Selling An
arehiSt Books.
Parsons Meets an Old Texas
Friend and Talks Rather
Volubly,
Meanwhile His Wife Creates q
Sensation by Selling An
arehiSt Books.


SPECIAL 10 The GloDe.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-A bold, au-
dacious attempt was made this evening
10 blow up Chief Justice Waite with
what has the appearance of an Internal
machine The machine was delivered
TO him at $50 this evening by
special pcstoffice mail messenger boy
Joseph F. Hickey. The box, which is
an ordinary white box of the kind in
which valentines are sent, is about six
inches wide by eight inches long anu
about half an inch in depth. 1t had
printed on one end beauties of Tenny-
son." and the cover was
Addressed as Follows:
''To the Hon. Chief Justice Waite.
lab l street, n. W., Washington, ID.
C.-Important papers" The box had
OH it five twO-cent stamps and a special
delivery stamp. The number of tho
special delivery was 1852, and the box
was pOstmarked Washington. d..
c., >, 4:3O p. m" The box
contained glass tube in the shape of a
syphon, about eight inches long and
bent about three inches from the end.
The tube is three-eighths of an inch in
diameter, and the hole about the size of
an ordinary percussion gun cap. About
an inch and half from the longer end
Is percussion cap. o
the top of the cap is
giant powder extending for one and
One-fOurth inches on top of which is
another cap. To this cap is attached
a small wire and to that was attached
a second wire. This second wire was
attached TO the top of the box by a hook
fastened to the top of the box. The re-
mainder of the tube contains
A Dark ColOred Liquid
Around the shorter end of the tube is
a wrapping of white paper held in pO-
sitiOn by mucilage, the contents of
Chief Justice Waite received
the box he Immediately opened
it. By providential dispenSation
the wire which was fastened
to the top of the box had become de-
tached and the lid was removed without
pressing upon the cap. 1t is supposed
that in stamping the box, which always
occasions a jar, the wire had become de-
tachcd. thus
Saving the Life
of the chief Justice The pclice were
shortly afterwards notified of the re-
ceipt Of the alleged internal machine.
and il is now at police headquarters in
this city. The police claim to have
some knowledge of the mailing of
the box and say that man
was seen about 4 p. III. addressing
the box to the chief justice in the city
post0fiice. They have no accurate de-
scriptiOn of the man, and beyond the
facts stated. can give no further in
formation. The chief justice said he
had received the box while at dinner
and had opened it, but without being
harmed. the wire which WAS
TO have exploded it having
been detached as already stated. Mr..
Waite did not attach any Importance TO
the box and said he thought it q seEsa-
tional hoax. The sergeant took the box
to police headquarters, where it is now
held as evidence. Sergt. HOlIinber-
ger said he had no clue to the sender of
the box and that the young man who
furnished the information was unable
to give any description of the man seen
addressing the package before mail
ing it.